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Cybersquatting soars to record levels

February 26, 2017

Cybersquatting is at highest levels in five years according to commercial law firm, EMW. So-called cybersquatters register domain names of existing companies in an effort to re-direct online traffic to their own site or to get the company to purchase the domain name for large amounts of money. This leads to legal disputes over website [...]
Apple pay resolution nears crunch time

February 26, 2017

Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (Pirc) are said to be advising Apple shareholders to reject a resolution on its executive pay set for this Tuesday. According to The Observer, Pirc is advising investors to vote against the resolution on the basis that bonus targets may not have been challenging enough. It also recommends shareholders vote [...]
Alliance Trust investors clash over proposed buyback

February 26, 2017

Investment fund Alliance Trust is convening a general meeting for shareholders this Tuesday to approve its plan for a £620m buyback deal with Elliott Management, the activist investor. It proposes that the buyback will take place in five tranches to enable the American hedge fund to cash in its investment. UK private investors’ association ShareSoc [...]
Daisy Group is reported to be considering stock market float

February 26, 2017

Daisy Group, the telecoms company which went private two years ago, is reported to be considering a stock market comeback either this year or in early 2018. According to The Sunday Times, the company is plotting a £1.4bn market return, after private equity firms Toscafund and Penta Capital taking Daisy Group out of public hands [...]
Easyjet set to be ejected in FTSE’s quarterly reshuffle this week

February 26, 2017

Easyjet is on course to dive out of the FTSE 100 this week, as part of the index’s quarterly reshuffle. The airline has seen its value decline by 40 per cent over one year and issued a profit warning last month, sending its shares down nine per cent on the day. The firm blamed a [...]
Back on track? Toymaker Hornby’s sales in line with expectations as shares rise

February 7, 2017

Shares in Hornby steamed ahead by as much as 24 per cent in early trading as it said that full year revenues are on track to be in line with expectations. In a trading update, Hornby said: “As previously announced, revenue is expected to decline by around 20-25 per cent this financial year due to [...]
Playtech bets £50m on bingo specialist Eyecon as it looks to bolster content

February 7, 2017

Software and services supplier to the gambling industry, Playtech, has purchased Eyecon, an online gaming slots software company, for £50m, including £25m in cash. This represents eight times Eyecon’s current earnings. The addition of Eyecon’s content portfolio is an attempt by Playtech to boost its capacity to provide more content to its customers. Eyecon has [...]
Brits splash out more on whisky than rest of Europe, says Scotch Whisky Association

February 7, 2017

The UK is the most expensive place to buy a dram of whisky anywhere in Europe, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), has highlighted today. Over one quarter of all the tax on spirits collected in Europe is paid for by Britons due to a domestic tax level, which is higher than the European average. The [...]
Family finance jitters send consumer confidence slumping to three-year low

February 7, 2017

Consumer confidence has suffered the biggest single drop in a month, according to a survey released by Moneysupermarket today. According to monthly data collected by the price comparison website, its Consumer Confidence Index, currently stands at 41.63, a drop of over 15 points for February compared to January 2017, and the single biggest monthly drop [...]
Virgin Active offloads 16 fitness clubs to David Lloyd Leisure

February 7, 2017

Virgin Active, the eponymous gym chain, has offloaded 16 of its clubs in the UK to David Lloyd Leisure for an undisclosed sum. The fitness firm will continue to operate 45 clubs in the UK, 33 of which are in London. Last year, Virgin Active sold a further 35 UK gyms to Nuffield Health, a [...]

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